Elon Musk has spent $45 billion to be ridiculed and have his inconsistencies on full display. He's fired a dozens of staff this week who are critical of him on Slack and Twitter. The inconsistency here is the problem, says Jim Boulden. "It seems kind of ridiculous publicly to make people do this"
Apple will source chips from a plant in Arizona, in a move to lower its dependence on Taiwan. Also, Chief Twit is still at it; this time with a hustle culture ultimatum for Twitter 2.0. Also, Facebook still won’t fact check politicians, including Donald Trump, and Yale and Harvard are done participating in the U.S. News and World Report. Kara and Scott speak with Friend of Pivot and Associate Professor at St. John’s University Law School, Kate Klonick about social media moderation.
You can find Kate at @Klonick on Twitter.
Send us your questions! Call 855-51-PIVOT or go to nymag.com/pivot.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices